Definitions of Menyanthes trifoliata
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perennial plant of Europe and America having racemes of white or purplish flowers and intensely bitter trifoliate leaves; often rooting at water margin and spreading across the surface
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synonyms:
bog myrtle, bogbean, buckbean, marsh trefoil, water shamrock
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type of:
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aquatic plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant, water plant
a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth
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aquatic plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant, water plant
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